NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to pay a fine of Rs 45 Crore over a complaint that a section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NH-148NA) was constructed partly on a village pond in Nuh and by felling hundreds of trees in Gurugram in violation of environmental laws.
“Construction activities of highways in violation of environmental laws cannot be said as in public interest and public welfare,” Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava-led bench observed.
